World through the aperture

This handout picture released by ECT on January 21, 2019 shows a sketch of the "Eyes of the Sky" project by Land Art and designed by French architect and urbanist Antoine Grumbach, with the support of ECT, in Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin near Paris. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Ellis Island in New York Harbor is seen through fog on a rainy day in New York City, New York, US, January 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)The Capitol is seen at sunset after the Senate rejected competing Democratic and Republican proposals for ending the partial government shutdown, which is the longest in the nation's history, in Washington, January 24, 2019. (Photo by AP)A woman is reflected on a puddle as she walks away from a small pier at the Lyndhurst Nature Reserve, January 24, 2019, at Richard W. DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. (Photo by AP)Plastic bags cling to a tree after a storm near the Dudaim dump in Palestine’s Negev desert near the Bedouin city Rahat on January 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A large bushfire burns in Tasmania, Australia, in this undated photo courtesy of Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. (Photo by Reuters)Members of the Greek Communist party set ablaze a United States flag during a rally against Prespa Agreement in Athens, January 24, 2019. (Photo by AP)Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to his supporters from a balcony at Miraflores presidential palace during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2019. (Photo by AP)Spain's Rafael Nadal (L) hits a return against Australia's Alex de Minaur as the sun sets during their men's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 18, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A villager escorts horses and buffalos as they bathe in a natural hot spring at a snow-covered valley in the eastern Bitlis province, Turkey January 22, 2019. Picture taken January 22, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Monkeys cloned from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders are seen at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China in this handout picture provided by the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)